Real Old Mountain Dew chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
   G+G         C majorC
Let grasses grow, and waters flow,
   G+G       D7D7
In a free and easy way,
  G+G           C majorC
But give me enough of the fine old stuff
    G+G     D7D7   G+G
That's made near Galway Bay.

Chorus 1:
N.C.
Oh, peelers all, from Dongegal.
 E minorEm
Galway and E-Trim too—
    D7D7      G+G           C majorC
We'll give them the slip and we'll take a sip
    G+G    D7D7    G+G
Of the real old Mountain Dew.

Verse 2:
    G+G             C majorC
At the foot of the hill there's a neat little still
     G+G           D7D7
Where the smoke curls up to the sky.
    G+G             C majorC
By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell
       G+G    D7D7     G+G
That there's whiskey brewing nearby.

Chorus 2:
N.C.
For it fills the air with odor rare,
   E minorEm
And betwixt both me and you,
   D7D7          G+G   C majorC
When home you roll you can take a bowl
   G+G       D7D7    G+G
Or a bucket of the mountain dew.

Verse 3:
  G+G        C majorC
Now learned men who use the pen
    G+G         D7D7
Who've wrote your praises high,
   G+G               C majorC
This sweet 'pocheen' (potion) from Ireland's green
  G+G      D7D7    G+G
Distilled from wheat and rye.

Chorus 3:
N.C.
Throw away your pills—it'll cure all ills
  E minorEm
Of pagan or Christian, Jew.
   D7D7        G+G     C majorC
Take off your coat and free your throat
     G+G    D7D7    G+G
With the real old Mountain Dew.